wwall: 10...h6 might have been weak, but White should have retreated his knight with 11.Nf3. After 11...Nxe6? Steinitz could have played 11...Na5 with advantage (the White queen has to move, leaving the knight on e6 unprotected). If 12.Qa4+ or 12.Qb5+, then 12...Kf7, threatening 13...Qxe6. ...

wwall: Instead of 20...f3+ (which takes 7 moves to mate) Steinitz could have played 20...Qg4+ 21.Kh1 Qf3+ 22.Kg1 Rg5 mate. White could have delayed the mate with 21...Be5 22.Bf4 Qxf4 23.Qxa8+ Rf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.e7+ Kxe7 26.exd5 Qxh2 mate. Who knows? Black could have lost on time in this ...

wwall: Notes in Chess Life says that Black has a winning position after 28...Rd2. White played 29.Kg3? and lost easy enough, but perhaps White can play 29.a3 Rxb2 30.Rg3 or 29.b3 Rxa2 30.Rg3 and hold. After the game move 29.Kg3 Rxb2 30.f4, why not just 30...Rxa2 since 31.f5 exf5 32.exf5 b5 ...

wwall: BCM, March, 1881, p. 65 says "In Morphy's games (Bohn's Edition, p. 232) there occurs the following position (after move 18) in a game played between Morphy, and St. Amant consulting with F. de L. (not M.F. de B.) Bohn's edition is from 1869, Morphy's Games by Lowenthal. The 1860 ...

wwall: An interesting endgame. After 49.a3, instead of 49...Rf8?, perhaps Black can draw with 49...g3 or 49...Rg8 50.e5 g3. After 49...Rf8, best for White may be 50.Rg7+, then 51.e5 and 52.Ke4. 50.e5 allows 50...Rf3+ 51.Ke2, now 51...Rb3!, threatening 52...Rxb2 should draw. After 52.Rg7+, it

wwall: In Chernev's book, 'Wonders and Curiosities of Chess,' he wrote "In a tournament held in St. Petersburg in 1903, no less than three Znosko-Borovskys won prizes." There is no tournament like that listed in Gino Di Felice's book, 'Chess Results 1901-1920.' Assuming that two of them were

wwall: <chessmoron>. I have no problem on the May date, but now I have a conflict for next week, April 30. I am playing in the Space Coast Open in Cocoa, FL with round 1 at 10 am and Rd 2 at 1 pm. I don't think I can make the 12 noon start time for EST. Can a replacement be found for me or can Hosea and Eric play if Eric makes it?

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